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Boyfriends parents don't like me because of faith?
So my boyfriend and his family are big-time Jehovah's witnesses .
Him and I have been dating for awhile and it's been amazing, but the only problem is that his parents won't accept me because I'm not a Jehovah's Witness, nor practicing any religion at all. I guess you could call me an atheist.
We've broken up once already because of this, but got back together.
Don't get me wrong, we're happy, but there has been a week or so here and there where i haven't seen or talked to him because his parents took his phone because they don't want him talking to me.
Has anyone else here been in this situation?
5 Answers
- TSMLv 48 years agoFavorite Answer
I personally haven't but I knew a guy named Romeo and a girl named Juliet who were madly in love and they found a way. But do not worry about the parents for now. When you see your boyfriend again, just ask him if he wants to make a list of things you two do not talk about. Me and my girlfriend have religion, politics, and couple other silly things because we happen to not agree and our relationship is absolutely amazing. We chose not to talk about the subjects that would tear us apart because we love each other too much. Maybe you could do the same and put parents on there as well lol
- Anonymous8 years ago
Every parent want the very best for children. Try to understand the reasons as to why his parents are doing what their doing. Most likely they want to keep their family in harmony with what the Bible teaches. When Jehovah Witnesses date its the intention to marry and to marry "only in [the] Lord," as 2 Corinthians 7:39 states. There has been a few people that have went through this but they also understand that its due to Jehovah God's word that we make the choices we do in life.
Source(s): NWT (one of Jehovah Witnesses) - 8 years ago
Listen, as long as your BF is a believing JW, he is damaged goods. However nice he may appear, you will NEVER have a normal relationship with him. Most people who have not been JW don't understand this, most JW imagine they are better then outsiders and believe they have the truth and have to follow Watchtower first before anything else (in their heads they're following the bible not watchtower). As long as your BF believes the Watchtower is the "truth" you better end this relationship as you will regret it.
If you need to hear many disaster stories all you need to do is research the net. I cannot repeat this enough, you are not alone in this, you will never have normal relationship with him, you will never have a normal family life, his family will never accept you until you become one of them.
This has been played over many many time before, and results are 99% of the time that relationship suffers and often leads to divorce unless one becomes a JW or the other researches and understand that JWs are wrong and leaves that faith. Then, if your BF quits being a JW you also lose contact with his family and if you have kids, they may be rejected by his family or his parents will take your kids for a visit and will try to indoctrinate them but may also not invite your spouse to their home if he has left the faith.
This is so deep, that the answer would have to be very long to give you idea what you're getting yourself into. Research, a good forum that has seen its share of broken families due to JWs is http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/ also look up organization that deal with cult and signs that a group is a cult. No cult member ever thinks they are in a cult, remember that, do your due diligence.
Good Luck and don't let the "love" blind you. RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH
Source(s): cult links - http://freedomofmind.com/ http://www.icsahome.com/